Do I Want to Play Clawhammer Too???
Hello all!!! I've been playing around a year now and starting to become competent. I have only played Scruggs style so far, but i am becoming more and more interested in old-time music and am becoming...
View ArticleExtracting Music From Video
Does anyone know of a program (free or otherwise) that will extract the music from a video. I am not real computer literate, so don't even know if this is possible. Would like to be able to put it...
View ArticleTop 10 clawhammer tunes?
Hi old timers, I've been getting a bit more serious about learning some old fiddle tunes. I've discovered that I'm a lot more likely to practice if I'm trying to learn a specific song. And I've...
View Articleimportance of listining
I was at a jam last night and had a blast. The people there liked to play really obscure tunes, which poses a problem for those who are playing from memory of tab. i only knew one of the tunes...
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Cotton Blossom - R.D. Lunceford
if you don't have it already, get it. i can't recall the last time Jim Along Josie sounded so good. now.... anyone wanna trade a Bowlin for a Hartel Boucher?
View ArticleEconomy of motion - Adam Hurt
I've been watching some videos of Adam Hurt and I'm really struck by the economy of motion he exhibits with his right hand, especially when frailing the inside strings. It seems effortless the way he...
View ArticleClawhammer Christmas tabs
I was using Mike Iverson's tab today for Shove The Pig's Foot A Little Further In The Fire (as song titles go, that one's right up there with Spider Bit The Baby and the Irish tune I Buried My Wife...
View ArticleGood open back for Bluegrass also
I am mostly a scruggs style picker but really hate to sit or stand with a resonator banjo (bad back). They are just uncomfortable. I want a good open back that will sound good when I play clawhammer...
View ArticleBlue Bossa Clawhammer Tab
I was inspired by meeting a jazz guitarist to try to learn some jazz standards on my banjo and have him back me up and trade solos. Growing up I played piano and Blue Bossa is probably the song I've...
View ArticleSolution for nylgut breakage: duct tape
Short story: I tune up to double D and open A. 1st string kept on breaking at tailpiece. I put a bunch of small pieces of duct tape where the string touched metal edges and the problem is solved. Long...
View ArticleTOTW 12-09-2011 Martha Campbell
I’ve chosen Martha Campbell for this week’s installment of TOTW. This tune has long been associated with Kentucky and it seems that anyone there who can saw a fiddle has recorded a version at one...
View Articlebegin to play - tunning
hello all, As i wanted to do for many years - I bought myself a banjo and I cant wait to start learning. But I just realized that there are more than one "standard" way to tune the banjo, like a...
View ArticleLearning/playing tunes?
Forgive me if this has already been asked or if it's too stupid for words, but how does anyone recommend I go about learning tunes? What I mean is that I've always loved reading the TOTW threads but I...
View ArticleGood place to start?
Since they are having all of the Christmas sales I figured I would go crazy and get a Deering open back banjo. Can anyone suggest some good places to get started with this? I am not new to music, just...
View ArticleTenesse Mountain Fox Chase
Hey I've had this tune in my head on and off for some time now. Anyone know of good tab for it? I've searched this site well but no luck. Also I know its a C tune, any idea if it's being played here by...
View ArticleWould you like a Nylgut group?
I have been thinking for a while now that a group for Nylgut strings may be in order. I don't think one already exists, and I thought it would be a good place to gather links to advice and tips from...
View ArticleHelp the Polymer String Group
There has been enough interest in Nylgut and polymer strings for me to set up a group dedicated to making advice and guidance available, both in the form of blog posts and links to useful threads, so...
View ArticleWorkshop today with Ken Perlman - "Playing Up the Neck in Clawhammer..."
Today from 3-4:30PM PST the mighty Ken Perlman will be in the Hangout Chatroom teaching a group workshop titled "Playing Up the Neck in Clawhammer: Concepts & Techniques." Despite noted roots...
View ArticleNail / Pick Shape ??
I've just decided to use a Freedom Pick on a regular basis. My nail gets thinner and thinner and eventually breaks. This happens about once every 2 or three months and its a month before I have a good...
View ArticleWade Ward Tabs
Hi Folks, Just wanted to let you know the Wade Ward Clawhammer Banjo Master book of tabs should be out this month. Info and a pre-order form can be found on my website at...
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